Curious Thing

Two ambulance paramedics put their lives on the line when a routine call becomes a deadly race against time.

A hypochondriac irks his partner by embracing the advice of an eccentric healer.

This Crime Does Not Pay entry focuses on fake spiritualists. A mother is worried about her son, who is missing in action. Over time, she gives a con man all of the family savings to find reassurance that her son is all right. When she can no longer pay, events take a tragic turn.

Six people in New York are adrift. Zeke and Luke work in a sex shop: Zeke takes gay liberation seriously, Luke likes to sparkle and takes nothing seriously. He's offended when Stephen calls him a gay cliché, then, surprisingly, they find each other attractive and interesting. Stephen, it turns out, has a great apartment, trust fund, and artwork he's painted on his walls. Meanwhile, Peter, a neat-freak, and Derek, nice to everyone, move in together. Peter's compulsiveness threatens the relationship. Last, newly-engaged Marilyn, a recovering alcoholic stuck at step 2, can't stop obsessing about wedding details. Can these folks sort out civilization and its discontents?

The Stud spends his nights hustling neon-lit streets. He gets picked up by a john with a fetish for branding and begins to realize it's not just another night on the town. When the john invites him to join a cult, the Stud must decide to go back to the street or start a new life in leather.

On the verge of a nervous breakdown, a school teacher finds the wisdom she needs in the most unlikeliest of places.

Fatma is a young teacher in her own right during the years of oppression and fear following the September 12 coup. One day, on her way home, Fatma is stopped by the police who were checking the road. The police are looking for a militant named Şükran and they take Fatma into custody, even though they know she is not the person they are looking for. Although Fatma denies being Şükran during her interrogation at the police station, the interrogation turns into torture after a while. Fatma finally accepts that she is Şükran. When the real Şükran is caught, Fatma confronts the real Şükran, who was sent to the same prison, and denies her existence.

On Halloween night, two ghosts take a trip to the world of the living.

Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.

Gemma Bridger knows what she wants. A rising star in British Intelligence, she's on a trajectory to the top. Today, she gets to prove her worth again with a routine surveillance job at a park.

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.